Eric Holt-Giménez

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Eric Holt-Giménez is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Holt-Giménez has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Eric Holt-Giménez's work include Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (17 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (8 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 papers). Eric Holt-Giménez is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (17 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (8 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 papers). Eric Holt-Giménez collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Eric Holt-Giménez's co-authors include Miguel A. Altieri, Annie Shattuck, Wendy Wolford, Deniz Kandiyoti, Marc Edelman, Amita Baviskar, Tony Weis, Saturnino M. Borras, H. R. Herren and Steve Gliessman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and The Journal of Peasant Studies.

In The Last Decade

Eric Holt-Giménez

29 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and the New Green Revolution 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and the New Green Revolution
    2012 323 citations Eric Holt-Giménez, Miguel A. Altieri Journal of Sustainable Agriculture profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Holt-Giménez United States 17 1.2k 730 251 236 179 32 1.6k
Annie Shattuck United States 16 845 0.7× 684 0.9× 204 0.8× 230 1.0× 82 0.5× 31 1.4k
Ryan E. Galt United States 27 738 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 158 0.6× 175 0.7× 130 0.7× 54 1.9k
Sérgio Schneider Brazil 22 793 0.7× 562 0.8× 284 1.1× 220 0.9× 63 0.4× 168 2.1k
Tālis Tīsenkopfs United Kingdom 16 618 0.5× 552 0.8× 120 0.5× 168 0.7× 152 0.8× 38 1.4k
Annette Aurélie Desmarais Canada 17 763 0.7× 501 0.7× 224 0.9× 137 0.6× 66 0.4× 42 1.2k
Kees Jansen Netherlands 22 622 0.5× 468 0.6× 184 0.7× 265 1.1× 97 0.5× 58 1.4k
Claire Lamine France 20 771 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 360 1.4× 215 0.9× 385 2.2× 52 2.0k
Christy Getz United States 19 380 0.3× 526 0.7× 122 0.5× 226 1.0× 83 0.5× 27 1.1k
P.G.M. Hebinck Netherlands 22 611 0.5× 357 0.5× 251 1.0× 87 0.4× 181 1.0× 84 1.6k
V. Ernesto Méndez United States 26 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 142 0.6× 623 2.6× 379 2.1× 69 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Eric Holt-Giménez

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Holt-Giménez

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Holt-Giménez

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eric Holt-Giménez. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eric Holt-Giménez based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Eric Holt-Giménez. Eric Holt-Giménez is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rosol, Marit, et al.. (2022). Towards Just Food Futures:. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(2). 1–30. 8 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Fradejas, Alberto, et al.. (2018). Food Sovereignty: Convergence and Contradictions, Condition and Challenges. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 24 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Fradejas, Alberto, et al.. (2015). Food sovereignty: convergence and contradictions, conditions and challenges. Third World Quarterly. 36(3). 431–448. 81 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric. (2015). Racism and Capitalism: Dual Challenges for the Food Movement. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23–25. 8 indexed citations
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Edelman, Marc, Tony Weis, Amita Baviskar, et al.. (2014). Introduction: critical perspectives on food sovereignty. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 41(6). 911–931. 182 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric & Miguel A. Altieri. (2013). Agroecología, soberanía alimentaria y la nueva revolución verde. Digitum: Institutional Repository of the University of Murcia (University of Murcia). 8(2). 65–72. 2 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric & Miguel A. Altieri. (2012). Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and the New Green Revolution. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 752029603–752029603. 323 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holt-Giménez, Eric, Annie Shattuck, Miguel A. Altieri, H. R. Herren, & Steve Gliessman. (2012). We Already Grow Enough Food for 10 Billion People … and Still Can't End Hunger. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 36(6). 595–598. 123 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric, et al.. (2011). Food movements unite! : strategies to transform our food systems. 40 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric, et al.. (2010). Can promoters of development and activists for land reform unite. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 37(1). 209–212. 1 indexed citations
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Shattuck, Annie & Eric Holt-Giménez. (2010). Moving from Food Crisis to Food Sovereignty. 13(2). 2. 4 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric, et al.. (2010). Mobilisation and convergence in a wealthy northern country.. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 37(1). 229–235. 7 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric, et al.. (2010). Two peasant-farmer movements, one ambition.. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 37(1). 212–215. 1 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric, Raj Patel, Annie Shattuck, & Walden Bello. (2010). Food Rebellions!: Crisis And The Hunger For Justice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 65 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric. (2009). Crisis alimentarias, movimiento alimetario y cambio de régimen. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 73–79. 1 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric. (2009). From Food Crisis to Food Sovereignty: The Challenge of Social Movements. Monthly Review. 61(3). 142–142. 45 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric, Miguel A. Altieri, & Peter Rosset. (2008). Ten reasons why the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ Alliance for another green revolution will not solve the problems of poverty and hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa. 20 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric. (2007). Biofuels: five myths of the agro-fuels transition. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 2 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric. (2006). Campesino A Campesino: Voices from Latin America's Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable Agriculture. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 220 indexed citations
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Holt-Giménez, Eric. (2002). Measuring farmers’ agroecological resistance after Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua: a case study in participatory, sustainable land management impact monitoring. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 93(1-3). 87–105. 180 indexed citations

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